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The British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU) says it will set up picket lines at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution ...

Tostenson said the "saving grace" is that restaurants in B.C. can buy directly from local wineries and breweries. Association president Ian Tostenson said business owners will start to feel the pressure by the end of the week if a strike were to last. Smith has said wage protection is the top concern of her members as inflation climbs dramatically. The B.C. Restaurant and Food Services Association said targeting the liquor distribution centres is "unfair" to restaurants already struggling to get back on their feet after the pandemic. If the government does not come back to the table, she said the union will assess and "escalate" its job action further. "This is a revenue-generating business for government," said union president Stephanie Smith, speaking to the decision to target liquor distribution centres.

KAMLOOPS - The union representing about 33000 staff in the B.C. Public Service Agency says it will begin targ...

A picket line will go up at the Kamloops Distribution Centre on 9881 Dallas Dr. at 3:30 p.m. Picket line to go up at Kamloops Distribution Centre as BCGEU begins strike action

BCGEU members will set up picket lines at 3:30 Monday at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres. The job sites involved are:.

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The BC General Employees' Union is launching its job action of B.C. government employees at four liquor wholesale or distribution centres.

“The bottom line is they’re not asking for anything that MLAs don’t already have. When bargaining reached impasse on April 6, union members voted 95 per cent in favour of job action on June 22. The strike vote in June and issuing strike notice today is a message to government that our members are serious.”

The union representing B.C.'s 33000 government workers is targeting one of the biggest government revenue generators in its first strike action.

The outcome of the BCGEU dispute is expected to influence all other contracts. While the Burnaby wholesale customer centre and cannabis customer care centre are included in the job action, there will be no picket line. The union rejected a nearly 11% increase over three years plus up to $2,500 per member signing bonus offered by the government. “My solidarity is with BC's public service workers. The most-recent BCGEU contract expired April 1. Restaurants, bars and privately owned liquor stores are bracing for impact.

BCGEU workers are doing walkouts at 4 job sites in lieu of the strike started Aug. 12, as they increases wages in the face of inflation.

Since taking that strike vote, the union has been in negotiations with the province over who are deemed essential service workers. Staff from a LDB customer service centre in Burnaby will also join the lines. The Hospital Employees Union of BC announced Friday it is pausing its own contract negotiations with the government in support of the BCGEU.

The union says retail liquor and cannabis stores are not part of this job action, but the cannabis division of the Burnaby customer care centre is included.

The BCGEU’s proposal featured increases of five per cent or inflation — whichever is higher — in 2022 and in 2023. Its latest monetary proposal to the union, the 2022 Shared Recovery Mandate, would see the average BCGEU member earning a wage increase of up to 10.99 per cent over a three-year term, according to the province. British Columbia’s Alliance of Beverage Licensees, meanwhile, said it’s “pretty upset” by the BCGEU’s choice of picket line location, unsure what ramifications it will have on their bar, pub and private liquor store members. It includes an increase of 25 cents per hour in the first year and a raise of three per cent, plus another 25 cents an hour and a 2.5-per-cent increase in the second year, and a guaranteed three per cent raise, and conditional raise of up to another one per cent in the third year. The province had tabled an offer with increases of 1.5 per cent in 2022, two per cent in 2023, and two per cent in 2024. If they don’t, we’ll have to consider escalation.”

No liquor or cannabis products will be distributed to B.C. businesses after 950 liquor distribution and wholesale workers walked off the job on the first ...

Article content He said the government “offers the most generous wage increase in at least the last 30 years and seeks to help address the economic uncertainty we are all experiencing and the rising costs of inflation. Article content Article content “What our members are saying is they need to see is protection of those wages against rising rates of inflation like we’re experiencing in this current environment. The BCGEU negotiating team rejected the Public Service Agency’s most recent offer that would give employees on average a 10.99 per cent pay hike over three years. Article content “We just don’t need to be thinking about ‘Can we get some product?’ We don’t have the capacity to do that, really, because we’re under such a labour shortage.” Article content The cannabis division of the Burnaby customer care centre is included, although a picket line will not be set up there. Article content Article content

BURNABY, B.C. — The British Columbia General Employees' Union has set up picket lines at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution ...

A statement from the union says retail liquor and cannabis stores are not part of the job action that began Monday, but the cannabis division of the Burnaby customer care centre is included, although a picket line won't be set up there. He says the province is committed to the collective bargaining process and to reaching an agreement that is fair, reasonable and supports the needs of workers, residents and the government's fiscal plan so it has the resources it needs to keep delivering services. It says picket lines were to go up around 3:30 p.m., outside liquor distribution centres in Delta, Richmond and Kamloops, as well as the wholesale customer centre in Victoria.